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Princeton, Oct 6 (EFE/EPA).- Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan have been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for their "development of asymmetric organocatalysis,” the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm announced on Wednesday.Their work has had a “great impact on pharmaceutical research and has made chemistry greener,” it added.The two scientists have received the prestigious prize for developing a third catalyst in 2000 after researchers believed there were only two types of catalysts. (Camera: JUSTIN LANE). SHOT LIST: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR DAVID MACMILLAN SPEAKS DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD AFTER HE WAS AWARDED THE 2021 NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY ALONG WITH GERMAN CHEMIST BENJAMIN LIST, AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY IN PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, US.
Germany's Benjamin List and David MacMillan of the US win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of a precise new tool for molecular construction, announces Göran K Hansson, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. IMAGES
Benjamin List, one of the joint winners for the Nobel Chemistry Prize 2021, says he "thought somebody was making a joke" when he received the call from Sweden to inform him of his award. Germany's List won the prize jointly with David MacMillan of the United States for their development of a precise new tool for molecular construction. SOUNDBITE
Jean-Pierre Sauvage, J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard Feringa win the Nobel chemistry prize for work on molecular machines that may lead to the development of new materials, sensors and energy storage systems. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
The Nobel prize in economics is awarded to American economist Claudia Goldin for helping understand the role of women in the labour market. The Harvard professor, who is the third woman to be awarded the prestigious economics prize, was given the nod "for having advanced our understanding of women's labour market outcomes," says Hans Ellegren, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. SOUNDBITE
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